To the Editor:
We thank Drs. Prabhakaran and Handler for their interest in our report1 and their important observations. “Sjrupus” is certainly a novel disease name, but even more difficult to pronounce than “Sjögren’s”! The name accurately reflects the frequent overlap of connective tissue diseases. In our opinion, their Patients 1 and 3 would be best classified as having systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with secondary Sjögren’s, and Patient 2 as having undifferentiated connective tissue disease. The latter …
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